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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
502 PM EDT TUE SEP 29 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
GULF OF AMERICA INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 501 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DRY TORTUGAS
LIGHT, OR NEAR FORT JEFFERSON, MOVING NORTH AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FORT JEFFERSON, DRY TORTUGAS, PULASKI SHOAL LIGHT, W TOWER, DRY
TORTUGAS LIGHT, AND TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE NORTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING
SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO
BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. STAY
LOW, OR GO BELOW. LOWER VHF ANTENNA, OUTRIGGERS, FISHING RODS, AND
UMBRELLAS.
LAT...LON 2502 8301 2502 8257 2447 8290 2454 8313
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 201DEG 27KT 2461 8296
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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